In case you’ve been trying to reach me, my phone number is currently being held hostage by one of the big telcos (and I’m not even sure which one). I was trying to switch service providers, but they missed the install appointment and the change order went through anyway. So now if you call my Read More...

Shocking, but true.
Vickie Elmer at WashingtonPost.com reports on a new Stanford University study which indicates that highly connected individuals may be less able to make the right ethical choices in the workplace. Apparently their well-connectedness makes them overconfident that they know what their colleagues’ thinking will be when it comes to ethical decisions. The Read More...

Lately, I have been thinking about the unemployed and underemployed as a pool of talent. I’d argue they are one of the most undertapped economic segments.  Of the global working population, 6.3% is unemployed.  In the US, the long-term unemployed are better educated, older, and more likely to be professional workers than the mean Read More...

I just spoke today with Andy Lopata, who wrote an interesting piece on CEO networks.